Patient
One of the most important things you can do to protect patients
What is wash your hands / perform proper hand hygiene
Using this aids in stopping the spread of infection
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
A term meaning pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
A short planning meeting held at the start of each day in each dental clinic
What is a Unit-Based Huddle
Who is DENTAC Patient Safety and Infection Prevention Manager?
Who is Mr. Tyler
This is considered mandatory PPE for patients during their dental treatment
What are patient safety glasses
Ensuring the instruments/kits were properly sterilized before being used on your patient
What is checking the sterile indicator strip
A bloody gauze should be thrown in this specific bag
What is a Biohazard Bag?
All reusable dental equipment should be clean and reprocessed according to ______________________
Instructions for Use (IFUs)
Manufacturer's instructions (MIFUs)
The number one way to prevent the spread of infection
Hand washing/hand hygiene
What is a Dental Universal Protocol?
The Dental Universal Protocol DHA Form 205 is a checklist form designed to ensure patient safety and quality care in dental practices.
CaviWipes and Cavicide are approved EPA registered intermediate level disinfectant currently used in dental clinics for surface and environmental disinfection. What is the CONTAC Time or Kill Time in between patients for cleaning?
3 minutes wet time
This is any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles scalpels or broken glass
What is Contaminated Sharps?
These are located near the front desk to improve overall patient care
What are ICE cards
Who can report a patient safety event?
Everyone!
How many and what patient identifiers are used for providing care, treatment or services?
Two
Full Name and Date of Birth
This is used for all surgical & non-surgical invasive/irreversible procedures
What is Universal Protocol
What should you do if exposed to blood or other body fluids?
Remember W.I.G.
Wash the affected area
Inform your Supervisor
Go to Moncrief's Occupational Health
Dried dirty instruments are difficult to clean. How can you ensure that dirty instruments stay moist before transporting to sterile processing department?
What is a Prepzyme
Spray dirty instrument with enzymatic spray
A type of patient safety event that is caught before it reaches the patient
What is a Near miss
The online system used to report adverse events, patient injuries, and near misses
What is the Patient Safety Reporting System (PSR)
An event that is reported in joint patient safety reporting system but it did not reach the patient. It was "caught before this occurred."
What is a near miss
Which are the primary bloodborne pathogens of concern?
HIV
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
You are in middle of a procedure and need more gauze which is stored in a drawer. How would you get more gauze for the procedure?
- Remove gloves
- Perform Hand Hygiene
- Open the drawer
- Perform Hand hygiene don clean gloves
- Remove the gauze
- Close the drawer without using hands
True or False: a patient safety event can be reported anonymously
True